City
Council meetsThe Cottonwood City Council held their regular September meeting Monday,
Sept. 12.
Tia Gilroy of VEBA did a presentation on tax-free medical savings accounts
for public entity employees. Only costs are $1.50 per month per account
plus a 1.25% annualized fee.
Pat Holthaus reported they pumped over 6.2 million gallons of water
in August with only half a percent loss. Roy Uhlenkott said they had 5
small leaks but all came to the surface rather quickly and were fixed.
Laurine Nightingale and Donna Wassmuth of the library made a request
to put some stepping stones from the parking area and also to mount a bulletin
board on the lower hall wall near their door. They have the board, just
would need help mounting it.
There was nothing new to report in the sewer department. Ron Grant
reported though that Uhlenkott would be coming up with ideas on materials
to order for stormwater projects by the end of the year.
Jack Duman reported they are doing some patching on East Street to
prep for sealcoating next year.
It was decided to go ahead and order a new backhoe and sell the current
one. Money was budgeted in the 2012 fiscal year and they will be in that
fiscal year by time it would need to be paid for.
Jack Duman also recommended the city write letters of commendation
to Henry and Harriett Remacle, Don Nuxoll and St. Mary’s Hospital for the
new sidewalks.
Grant reported the fire department had just 1 call in the past month
and that turned out to be someone just burning off weeds. They did not
have a burning permit and were asked to put the fire out. Said party obtained
a proper permit and a couple days later finished the job.
He also requested that the $1000 left over from the Fire Department’s
FY 2011 budget be transferred to the truck replacement reserve account.
Otherwise those funds would just revert to the city’s general fund. A motion
was made and passed to do so.
No report from Planning and Zoning but they have a meeting set for
Sept. 19 on annexing of part of the housing area.
Several bad debts on way past due utility bills were written off. Once
written off these are turned over to a collection agency and Carol Altman
reported sometimes they do collect some of these.
A list of surplus property was approved for sale. That list is elsewhere
in this week’s Chronicle.
The council adjourned at 8:13 p.m. The next meeting will be Tuesday,
Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. due to the Columbus Day holiday.